JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MARCH 2000

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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products     Mar. 2000   Mar. 1999   Mar. 2000  Mar. 1999
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,277       1,166         973      2,115
Others                    630         797         744        869
Fresh
Pacific sockeye            -           -           -          -
Pacific coho               -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       85         108          64         85
Atlantic salmon         2,604       2,239       1,776      1,468
Yellowfin tuna          3,582       3,336       2,468      2,575
Bluefin tuna              550         166       1,161        486
Bigeye tuna             2,168       2,031       1,650      1,715
Southern bluefin tuna     140         125         292        224
Sea bream                 117         173          96        130
Billfish                  231         157         154        119
Frozen                                 
Swordfish                 115          74          95         58
Pacific sockeye         2,928         151       1,529        131
Pacific coho           11,157       9,855       5,751      6,297
Other Pacific salmon      235       1,619         138        373
Pink salmon             4,479       5,135       2,514      2,747
Atlantic salmon           241         951         106        473
Other salmon                9          38           -         13
Halibut                 1,967       2,458         739        945
Albacore tuna              37          38           7          6
Yellowfin tuna          5,274       5,783       1,973      1,881
Skipjack                7,879       4,341         592        437
Bluefin tuna              539          14       1,410         43
Bigeye tuna            12,250       9,527       8,416      7,290
Herring                 2,782       2,432         526        377
Cod                     4,609       6,015       1,405      2,026

Mackerel                6,823       4,402         694        553
Mero                    1,943         510       1,561        366
Jack mackerel           3,997       3,177         361        322
Sea bream                 248         303          70         65
Capelin                   404         881         162        182
Billfish                  521         372         122         68
Spanish mackerel          164         217          63         79
Rockfish                1,042       1,136         247        335
Sablefish                 304         358         299        294
Herring roe               522         434         315        260
Pollock roe             1,826       1,028       2,336        785
Mero, fillet              711       1,032         816      1,138
Swordfish, fillet          92         159          52         72
Pollock surimi          7,295       5,939       1,578      1,671
Cod Surimi                352         446          62         93
Threadfin bream         4,256       3,327         810        694

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                         Metric tons             Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Mar. 2000   Mar. 1999   Mar. 2000  Mar. 1999
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Salted/dried                           
Herring roe              133          50         138         56
Pollock roe              151         106         291        153
Salmon roe               109         135         258        345
Shellfish
Live
Sea urchin               523         319         320        249
Arkshell                 820         955         350        501
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster            236         269         692        689
King crab                949       1,381         488        858
Tanner crab            1,585       1,003         596        420
Blue crab                 65          85         116        174
Other crab               394         258         270        271
Oyster                 2,532       1,725       1,411        966


Clam                   2,079       2,234         440        493
Frozen                                 
Spiny lobster            704         456       1,268        796
Lobster                   61          40         136         83
Shrimp                16,754      15,127      18,746     17,354
King crab              1,814       1,558       3,329      2,116
Tanner crab              452       5,007         527      3,835
Blue crab                361         205         175         99
Other crab                78          37          75         33
European cuttlefish    1,089       1,475         428        673
Octopus               12,910       6,394       3,904      3,247
Scallop                    7          26           9         24
Other cuttlefish       2,158       1,418       1,382        985
Squid                     18         534           7         82
Abalone                   11          34          50        123
Salted/dried                           
Squid                     49          33          37         38
Sea urchin roe            29          31          71         82
Jellyfish                973         301         384        164
Seaweed, dried           612         506         348        382
Seaweed, salted        9,894       9,633       1,185      1,262
Prepared                               
Eel                    8,039       3,791       9,580      5,940
Canned crab                2           4           3          5
Fish meal             31,587      23,289       1,962      1,819

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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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